We now know that Sweden are the new Unofficial Football World Champions, having defeated North Korea on penalties in a King’s Cup semi final match in Thailand yesterday. Sweden must now defend their title in Saturday’s King’s Cup final against Finland. The response to Sweden’s success has been huge – with a surge of Swedish […]

North Korea 1-1 Sweden (1-4 on penalties) 23 January 2013 King’s Cup 700th Anniversary Stadium, Chiang Mai, Thailand Scorers: Hong Kum Song (North Korea); Fejzullahu (Sweden) Sweden are the new Unofficial Football World Champions after defeating long-term UFWC title holders North Korea. Swedish coach Erik Hamrén had said ahead of the match that the unofficial […]

North Korea vs Sweden 23 January 2013 King’s Cup 700th Anniversary Stadium, Chiang Mai, Thailand The 2013 Unofficial Football World Championships campaign gets underway this week as current UFWC champions North Korea arrive in Thailand to participate in the annual King’s Cup tournament. We’re guaranteed two UFWC title matches here, and the format of the […]

The draw for Thailand’s 2013 King’s Cup competition has been made, and we now know that Unofficial Football World Champions North Korea will play Sweden on 23 January. Excitingly, FIFA has today confirmed that this WILL be classed as a FIFA ‘A’ match, and therefore WILL be a UFWC title match. There had been a […]

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About the UFWC

The Unofficial Football World Championships (UFWC) is an international football competition contested in a simple boxing-style title system. Winners of title matches become title holders and Unofficial Football World Champions. An alternative to the World Cup, UFWC lineage goes back to the very first international match in 1872. Find out more here.